Getting Started

Welcome, and thank you for stopping by.

Why "The Opportunistic Photographer"? 
I have three kids with lots of year-round activities, so my schedule revolves around theirs.  On top of that, neither my wife nor I is very good at saying "no" to requests for volunteers, so we also wind up involved in their activities.  What does this have to do with the name of this blog?  It means that I shoot when I can, usually with little opportunity for planning, composition, or dawdling. It also means that I do a fair bit of shooting at their events - martial arts competitions, wrestling meets, swim meets, softball and baseball games, etc.

On those weekends when we don't have events going on, I still tend to shoot opportunistically.  I don't want to drag the family along on a photography outing, nor do I want to keep them waiting while I look for the perfect angle, perspective, or lighting.

What will I find here?
I decided to start this blog to provide myself with a place to ponder photography, share my images, and hopefully get some useful feedback from other photographers and photography fans.

Please feel free to look around. I'd appreciate hearing your thoughts, as well as any constructive criticism of what you see here.

As with my photography outings, I expect my blogging will be sporadic, so if you see a month or two go by without an update, please be patient and check back again later.

Thanks!
Gary